THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 60 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
sumÙe[   kaEsLyasmañasnm!   -   SUMANTRA   CONSOLES   KAUSALYA
 
ttae   -Utaeps&òev   vepmana   pun>   pun>   ,
xr{ya<   gtst!Tvev   kaEsLya   sUtmävIt!   .1.
tt> then
-Utaeps&òa #v  being haunted by a ghost
vepmana  trembling
pun> pun>  again and again
xr{ya<  on the ground
gtst!Tva #v  like a dead body
kaEsLya  Kausalya
sUtm!  to charioteer
AävIt!  spoke as follows

 
1.Kausalya,   lying   on   the   floor   like   a   dead   body   and   trembling   with   grief,   spoke   to   Sumantra.
 
ny   ma<   yÇ   kak…t!Sw>   sIta   yÇ   c   lúm[>   ,
taiNvna   ][mPyÇ   jIivtu<   naeTshe   ýhm!   .2.
ny please take
ma<  me
yÇ  where
kak…t!Sw>  Rama
sIta  Sita
yÇ  where
c lúm[>  Lakshmana also
tan! ivna  separated from them
][m! Aip  even for a moment
AÇ  here
jIivtu<  to live
n %Tshe  has no intention
ih surely
Ahm!  I

 
2.Kausalya   told   Sumantra   that   she   does   not   want   to   live   in   Ayodhya   and   requested   him   to take   her   to   the   place   where   Rama,   Lakshmana   and   Sita   are   staying.
 
invtRy   rw<   zIº<   d{fkaÚy   mamip   ,
Aw   taÚanugCDaim   gim:yaim   ym]ym!   .3.
invtRy  turn
rw<  chariot
zIº<  quickly
d{fkan!  to dandakaranya
ny please reach me
mam! Aip  me also
Aw now
tan!  them
n not
AnugCDaim  I will follow
gim:yaim  I will go
ym]ym!  to the death's door

 
3.Kausalya   told   Sumantra   to   take   her   immediately   to   Dandakaranya   where   she   will   follow them.   Otherwise   dhe   said   she   will   die.
 
ba:pvegaephtya   s   vaca   s¾manya   ,
#dmañasyNdevI<   sUt>   àaÃilrävIt!   .4.
ba:pvegaephtya  with voice choked with tears
s> that
vaca  with words
s¾manya  moving towards
#d<  the following
Aañasyn!  consoling
devI<  to devi
sUt>  charioteer
àaÃil>  with folded palms
AävIt!  said

 
4.Sumantra   approached   Kausalya   with   folded   palms   and   with   voice   choked   with   tears,   tried to   console   her.
 
Tyj   zaek<   c   maeh<   c   s<æm<   Ê>oj<   twa   ,
VyvxUy   c   s<tap<   vne   vTSyit   ra"v>   .5.
Tyj discard
zaek< c  sorrow also
maeh< c  confusion also
s<æm<  fear
Ê>oj<  because of worry
twa similarly
VyvxUy  overcoming
c also
s<tap<  grief
vne in the forest
vTSyit  lives
ra"v>  Rama

 
5.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   to   overcome   her   grief,   fear   and   worry.   He   said   that   Rama   is   living in   the   forest   overcoming   his   grief.
 
lúm[íaip   ramSy   padaE   pircrNvne   ,
Aaraxyit   xmR}>   prlaek<   ijteiNÔy>   .6.
lúm[> c  Lakshmana also
Aip only
ramSy  Rama's
padaE  feet
pircrn!  serving
vne in the forest
Aaraxyit  deserves
xmR}>  who knows dharma
prlaek<  in the other world
ijteiNÔy>  who has controlled his senses

 
6.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   that   Lakshmana   serves   Rama   and   makes   for   himself   a   place   in   the heavens.
 
ivjne=ip   vne   sIta   vas<   àaPy   g&hei:vv   ,
ivöM-<   l-te=-Ita   rame   s<NyStmansa   .7.
ivjne  uninhabited
Aip vne  in the forest also
sIta  Sita
vas<  living
àaPy  obtaining
g&he;u #v  similar to the palace
ivöM-<  mental satisfaction
l-te  has attained
A-Ita  without fear
rame  in Rama
s<NyStmansa  with completely devoted heart

 
7.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   that   Sita   is   devoted   to   Rama   in   the   uninhabited   forest   and   she   stays without   fear.
 
naSya   dENy<   k«t<   ikiÂTsusUúmmip   l]ye   ,
%ictev   àvasana<   vEdehI   àit-ait   me   .8.
n not
ASya>  for her
dENy<  difficulty
k«t<  has happened
ikiÂt!  even a little
susUúmm! Aip  after close observation
l]ye  I saw
%icta @v  as if experienced
àvasana<  in living in the forest
vEdehI  Sita
àit-ait  appeared
me for me

 
8.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   that   Sita   was   not   affected   by   this   and   also   appeared   to   be   used   to forest   life.
 
ngraepvn<   gTva   ywa   Sm   rmte   pura   ,
twEv   rmte   sIta   injRne;u   vne:vip   .9.
ngraepvn<  garden in the city
gTva  reaching
ywa like
Sm rmte  was delighted
pura  earlier
twa @v  similarly
rmte  was happily roaming
sIta  Sita
injRne;u  uninhabited
vne;u Aip  in forest also

 
9.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   that   Sita   was   happy   in   the   forest   as   she   was   in   garden   in   the   city.
 
balev   rmte   sIta=balcNÔin-anna   ,
rama   rame   ýxInaTma   ivjne=ip   vne   stI   .10.
bala @v  as a child
rmte  was happy
sIta  Sita
AbalcNÔin-anna  with face like a full moon
rama  well informed
rame ih  in Rama
AxInaTma  dedicated
ivjne  uninhabited
Aip also
vne in the forest
stI living

 
10.Sumantra   told   Kausalya   that   Sita   was   dedicated   to   Rama   im   the   forest   and   was   happy like   a   child.            
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